Tag: Clinical-Nursing

The main goal of treatment for acute glomerulonephritis is to

Damaged kidneys lose their ability to produce erythropoietin, a hormone that stimulates the formation of red blood cells. What is usually prescribed to stimulate erythropoiesis in patients with chronic kidney disease?

A patient is admitted with the following signs and symptoms: edema around the eyes upon awakening, progressing to general swelling of the legs and body; weight gain; fatigue; headache; nausea; vomiting; frequent hiccoughs; and itching. A urine specimen is obtained, and the urine is frothy. The patient has a history of insulin-dependent diabetes (type 1 diabetes), which is poorly controlled, and high blood pressure, and his blood work comes back showing an elevated cholesterol level. Which disease processes would you suspect?

Which action best describes a sentinel event alert?

Certain precautions must be followed when performing dialysis on a recent transplant recipient. Indicate the precautions regarding dialysis for the post-transplant patient.

Which action occurs primarily during the evaluation phase of the nursing process?

Create a trifold brochure based on the population and disease chosen

for the Week 5 Epidemiology Paper (Diabetes among youth)

Prepare to share your project with the class. Include the following

information in your brochure :

�Present an overview of the issue.

-Design appropriate health promotion, disease management, and risk

reduction and disease prevention strategies applicable to population care.

-Include the primary, secondary, and tertiary strategies applicable to the population and focus, presented in language that is understandable and appropriate to the population.

-Discuss future prevention techniques.

-Provide a minimum of three local, state, and/or national credible and legitimate resources (CDC, HHS) for information related to selected population and disease focus.

Which statement by a patient with diabetes mellitus indicates an understanding of the medication insulin glargine (Lantus)?

. What steps need to be taken to diagnose and eliminate the problem of dialysate leakage during peritoneal dialysis?

A patient’s family does not know the patient’s end-of-life care preferences, but assumes that they know what is best for the patient under the circumstances. This assumption reflects: